【正文】 out 6,000 ~ 7,000 years ago. From Egypt, cats started to move around the world. At about the same time, Egyptians began storing grain（谷物） in buildings. Scientists used to believe that people tamed cats to catch mice and protect the grain. However, cats don39。t like to be told what to do! Now, scientists believed that eats followed the mice and learned to accept people. Finally, some of the cats began to grow fortably around people. These were smaller cats that needed protection. As these cats and people got used to each other, they moved in together. Around 5,000 years ago, eats started to live with people. Soon cats were in Greece, then the Middle East and China. They moved along Egyptian business roads keeping away mice and keeping people around them. After the Romans came to Egypt, they also accepted the cats and brought them to Europe. These cats likely bred（繁殖） with other cats to form the many kinds of house cats we have today. Cats are relatively recent house animals. House cats still have a lot in mon with their wild relatives. Cats sleep a lot to save energy just like wild cats. They often get food at night as well. House cats are generally peaceful and friendly, but be careful! If a cat feels it is in danger, it will fight back—just like a wild cat.（1）Where did the first house cats e from? A.Asia.B.Africa.C.Europe.D.America.（2）When did cats start to live with people? A.About 4,000 years ago.B.About 5,000 years ago.C.About 6,000 years ago.D.About 7,000 years ago.（3）According to the text, which of the following is TRUE? A.Cats started to move around the world from China.B.Cats get food at night to save energy like wild cats.C.Cats have a little in mon with their wild cats.D.Cats were accepted and brought to Europe by Romans.（4）What does the underlined word tamed mean in Chinese? A.驅(qū)散B.捕捉C.馴化D.引進(jìn)【答案】 （1）B（2）B（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】大意：文章主要介紹了家貓的起源。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句 the first house cats came from Africa. 可知，第一只家貓來(lái)自非洲。故選B。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句 Around 5,000 years ago, eats started to live with people. 可知，大約五千年前，貓開(kāi)始和人類住在一起。故選B。 （3）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段 After the Romans came to Egypt, they also accepted the cats and brought them to Europe. 可知，羅馬人接受了埃及的貓并把它們帶到歐洲。故選D。 （4）詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第二段 However, cats don39。t like to be told what to do!然而，貓不喜歡被教應(yīng)該怎么做，可知tame是馴化的意思。故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題、推斷題和詞義猜測(cè)題三種常考題型，細(xì)節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息；詞義猜測(cè)題需要通讀上下文，了解句意之后找出劃線單詞意思。15．閱讀理解 Most children like to watch cartoons on TV because of the funny characters and the bright colours. But is it good for children to watch cartoons on TV? Some people think it leaves nothing for children to imagine when they are watching cartoons on TV. They can see the different characters so they need not imagine the appearance of a character or any situation in the cartoon. But when reading a book, he has to imagine what the different characters look like. He has to imagine a place or a situation described in the story he is reading, so the imaginative power of the child improves. Very little children may not be able to read books. But they will be happy to watch TV, especially watch cartoons. Watching cartoons will improve their language ability. As most of the cartoons are in English, watching them will improve their English. They will learn to understand the conversations between others. Their vocabulary will get improved. They will learn how to pronounce different words. Their spoken English will also get greatly improved. These are the advantages of watching cartoons. But there should be a limit to everything. Parents should control their children39。s time on TV. However, you cannot keep children from watching TV pletely. It will only do more harm than good.（1）Why do most children like to watch cartoons on TV according to the passage? A.Because of the funny language and the interesting ads.B.Because of the meaningful stories and the funny language.C.Because of the interesting ads and the funny characters.D.Because of the funny characters and the bright colours.（2）What39。s the opinion of the people who are against children39。s watching cartoons on TV? A.They think watching cartoons on TV is not good for children39。s imagination.B.They think watching cartoons on TV is not good for children39。s eyes.C.They think the cartoons on TV are not interesting at all.D.They think some cartoons on TV are not healthy.（3）what does the third paragraph mainly talk about? A.How young children learn English.B.The advantages of watching cartoons.C.Watching cartoons is the best way to learn English.D.Children are happy when they are watching cartoons.（4）What does the underlined word It in the last paragraph refer to? A.Watching cartoons on TV.B.A limit to everything.C.Parents39。 control over their children39。s time on TV.D.Keeping children from watching TV pletely.【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文主要講述了孩子喜歡看卡通電視，介紹了一些人反對(duì)看卡通電視的觀點(diǎn)，同時(shí)介紹了看卡通電視的好處。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段提到的 Most children like to watch cartoons on TV because of the funny characters and the bright colours. 可知，孩子喜歡看卡通電視的原因是因?yàn)橛腥さ男愿窈兔髁恋念伾蔬xD。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段提到的 Some people think it leaves nothing for children to imagine when they are watching cartoons on ，反對(duì)的人認(rèn)為卡通電視對(duì)孩子沒(méi)有好處，故選A。 （3）主旨大意題。第三段主要介紹了看卡通電視的好處，故選B。 （4）推斷題。根據(jù)第四段提到的 However, you cannot keep children from watching TV p